FJ Software

Greetings!

Having successfully (with the Superior Help of "FJ") moved my Calendar & Phone entries from a 'broken' phone to its replacement (HTC G2) using MPE, I find myself wondering about a few minor details.

Now, I must tell you that I was not able to find a definitive answer to my questions asked below and, having read many FAQ entries here in this forum, I deduced that an 'operations manual' for MPE is not available. Thus, my questions; my attempt to fill in the gaps in my understanding of the finer workings of MPE.


Now I have two fundamental questions:

1. What does "synchronise" actually do? ...

(a) Use the Phone entries as "Master" = Deletions, changes, additions to the Phone's MPE Client database will propagate to/make changes to the MPE database on the computer to reflect the Phone's updates. Thus, they will both be synchronised with the Phone as the Master.

(b) Use the MPE database on the computer as "Master" = Deletions, changes, additions to the Computer's MPE database will propagate to/make changes to the MPE Client database on the phone, reflecting the Computer's updates. Thus, they will both be synchronised with the Computer as the Master.

Effectively, how do I know which database change overrides the other?


2. How is Outlook (I have 2003) coordinated/synchronized in all this? ...

BACKGROUND TO QUESTION #2, PARTS "a" and "b":
I can view and have access to both MPE Calendar & Contacts entries on the computer and the Phone. I can sychronise between them.

I have Outlook 2003 installed on my computer. I use it primarily for email, and want to enter data into its Calendar and have all three databases - MPE, Phone & Outlook - be 'synchronised'.

However: it appears that Outlook 2003 (Calendar or Contacts) has not been synchronised to the MPE (Phone or Computer) databases... Now it's even *MORE* important to know the synchronization process's priorities since, if there is one 'Master' database, then I'd prefer to change data within it and have the 'Master" changes propagated to the other ('slave'?) databases. (Am I asking/assuming too much?)

QUESTIONS:
(a) How is this synchronization of Outlook's Calendar & Contacts done with MPE?

(b) Again, this begs the question "What does synchronise actually do?" Which of these (now THREE) databases is "Master" and thus overrides (if it does) one or the other ('slave'?)

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Again, Thank You for your time and help here.


Sincerely & With Appreciation,

Glen the Computer Guy


And, *if* I can get all these questions figured out in my mind, I will certainly find myself upping my donation to this S/W package as it meets and most likely will exceed my expectations!! (And no, this is not a subtle bribe to gain favor of having my questions answered; It merely reflects a fact of how I may show my appreciation of this software!

I wrote a email to you yesterday, you did not get it ?

A short internal overview about Sync. On every sync MPE syncs first the internal database (the database of MPE) where MPE is Master and the phone is Slave. But its a bidirectional sync, so if you edit/add/delete a item in phone then the changes go from phone to MPE.

If MyPhoneExplorers database is synced and equal to phone then the second sync with outlook is started. You can control this priority in the settings. Please note: Since there is no "last edited" field in Android MyPhoneExplorer will give Outlook the master if the item in Outlook was changed since the last sync (if "Sync both" was selected in the settings).

it appears that Outlook 2003 (Calendar or Contacts) has not been synchronised to the MPE (Phone or Computer) databases...

Please explain this problem, more detailed. Where has the entry which state ?